TimeSpan

TimeSpan

CF 1.0, ECMA 1.0, serializable

System (mscorlib.dll)

struct

This class encapsulates a positive
or negative interval of time that can
be used for arithmetic operations and greater-than or less-than
comparisons. Internally, the TimeSpan is stored as
a number of ticks, each of which is equal to 100
nanoseconds. You can convert a string into a
TimeSpan using the static Parse(
) method.

You can evaluate a time span in terms of days, hours, seconds, and so
on, by using the appropriate Total property. The
corresponding properties that are not preceded with the word
Total return only one component of the time span.
(For example, the TotalHours property returns 1.5
for a time span of an hour and a half, while Hours
returns 1 for a time span of one hour.)

The TimeSpan static methods prefixed with
From are useful for quickly creating a time span
for use as an argument for a method call, as in
myApp.SetTimeSpan(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(10)).